VICTIM and PERPETRATOR ANALYSIS 0 PERPETRATORS 66 0 Unknown Female 1 VICTIMS 316 182 100 200 Male 418 300 400 500 Figure 3:: Victim and Perpetrator Analysis by Gender The majority of the perpetrators and victims of violence are men; this trend nd reflects the masculine nature of Zimbabwean political contestations contestations, which are still dominated by men. It has to be noted that there are more victims than perpetrators of violence who are women. This indicates how women are targeted in political violenc violencee as activists in their own right and as relatives of activists. 400 300 200 100 0 VICTIMS PERPETRATORS Figure 4:: Victim and Perpetrator Analysis by Affiliation The majority of the victims of violence are from the opposition MDC MDC-T, T, this reflects the victimization that opposition activists have experienced in Zimbabwe. An alarming increase is noted on the number of Zanu PF victims of violence, with only 49 victims affiliated to Zanu PF in March, in April there are 154Zanu Zanu PF victims of violence. This threefold increase reflects the protracted factional fights within Zanu PF. Another observation is th that at there is also an increase in the number of perpetrators of violence who are aligned to MDC MDC- T. In March 18 perpetrators were from the MDC T party and the number almost doubled to 35 in April. The trend reflects the growing intra party conflict with the opposition party. 19